Originally posted by dave:

I think magic and the mistlands nerf made mistlands super easy. Even early level magic destroys mistlands everything with the right food. I was always melee everything in this game. I then tried the staves and everything seems over nerfed now.

Those are two different games, which I think is the root of the problem. I believe what the OP is describing is the "before cores" time, which, IMO takes too long. I haven't tried magic yet, but just the cape completely changes the game.

All the other biomes reward you early with some sort of upgrade. It may not do much, but it is something. In Mistlands you don't get anything until you get enough cores, which can take quite a long time for some. At that point, the whole game changes, but only if the players sticks around until they reach that point.

That said, I don't know about the "every enemy should one shot you" comment. I haven't encountered anything in Mistlands that can one shot me.